Speed only kills if you don't have it!

I was so sore today in my vastus lateralis (out quad muscles)!  I was way more sore than yesterday, talk about delayed onset.  I was hoping for 5-7 miles but I was in a bad way.  The funny thing was that no other muscles seemed too bad.  I contemplated not even going but I needed to at least get loosed up a bit.  The first block down 1000 North was about too much for me, and I almost turned around.  But as soon as I hit some flat and uphill I was fine.  I tried to run the flattest course possible, which is hard because I live up by the University.  I ran over to the Temple and felt great when I was on an incline.  But I was in trouble everytime I hit any kind of downhill, even the sightest grade.  Also, when I had to stop I could really feel it.  I guess my legs at WBR were a little meaner than I thought they were.   25:42

(Hurricane-289 miles)

I went out about 2 p.m. today.  It was pretty warm but only about 80 degrees, not like Clyde's 100 degree weather down in St. George.  Still, that was warm enough for me to put on the hat and shorty shorts for my run.  I went up to 2nd Dam and back via canal trail.  It was nice to be on the trail all by myself for a change, and the tree made for some ggod shade in spots.  I felt great on my recovery run today going up the canyon and was averaging around 7:10 per mile.  On the way back I slowed down alot because of my sore quads, and averaged just under 8 minute miles for a while until I loosed up somemore.  It is funny because I usually run that run the opposite; 8:00s up and 7:00s down.  I can run fine on the uphill, but give me a little downhill and I can really feel it.  Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow, but I for sure won't be running any downhill tempo!  Walked down the street on my cool down and stood in the canal by the credit union for about 10 minutes to ice my legs, it felt good.  Not a bad run considering I could hardly run down the hill by my house yesterday.  1:16:17

(Hurricane-299 miles)

An interesting sidenote for me: I hit 1000 miles for the year the day before WBR, and last year I only ran 975 miles the whole year.  The mileage alone gives me confidence that I can reach my goals, and I have had some good quality training as well.

Morrning run.  I went out into North Logan and Hyde Park on an easy run.  I looped through the south east part of Hyde Park and came home along 1600 East.  I added a part around the University to give me 9 miles.  I took it easy and didn't feel like running fast in most places, but I picked it up a bit in the last couple of miles.  Once again, the uphills felt fine and the downhills hurt.  My quads felt tons better today though.  1:07:37 under 7:30 average still, not bad for that run.

(Adrenaline-220 miles) 

I went out early this morning and wanted to get a workout in.  My legs felt heavy and I was way tired.  I warmed up with 4.5 miles and headed over to the USU track to try and push myself through some 800s.  When I got to the track I noticed the they had gates up every 40 meters blocking the first 5 lanes.  When I went to move them I found that they were all locked into place.  I didn't want to do my 800s in the 6th lane so I left.  What a pain in the butt!  I was ticked off for a little while but I didn't really feel good enough to do a workout anyway.  I probably would have been disappointed with my efforts, so going on 4 more easy miles was likely the better decision.  1:04:01

(Hurricane-308 miles)

AM- Good run for me this morning.  I went on canal trail up the canyon to thr nature trail gate and back.  I came back the way of 800 N. hill.  I started out at 7:30 pace and got faster and faster as I went.  I averaged just over 7 minutes pace going up the canyon, and 6:30 pace going home.  The run felt good, nice temperature too.  7.5 miles   51:43

PM- I  went out after work for another 4 miles.  I went down to Merlin Olsen Park and back.  It was very hot, around 95 degrees, and I had been out in the sun all day so it was starting to wear on me by the end of the run.  I was glad that I just had to go short this afternoon.  29:51

(Hurricane-312 miles)

I met Jon at the end of Hollow Road at 6:00 am.  We ran up to the Hydro Park in Blacksmith Fork canyon.  On the way up there was a nasty headwind, and I thought that it was going to make for a very long and hard run, but it mellowed down after a couple of miles.  We ran up to the park in about 53 minutes (7 miles).  On the way down we did some faster miles to get a feel for the 15K on the 4th.  We did two fast in 11:53, one slow in 8:55 (talking to some slower runners), two fast in 11:53, one slow in 7:36, and one more fast with the big hill at the end in 5:48.  We added on another 3.5 miles at the end down Hollow Road and back to give me over 60 miles and Jon 70 miles for the week.  It was a good run today and felt good to get some tempo miles in.  I am looking forward to the race on the 4th now.

(Adrenaline-237 miles)